SkyCast: The satellite digital broadcast relay service
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The SkyCast project investigates the feasibility of relaying digital broadcast audio and video services over local area networks and broadband home access networks. It consists of a set of servers that receive digital programming from DVB-compatible satellites. Clients connect to the servers using the RTSP and HTTP protocols and receive the relayed digital programming through unicast or multicast connections. A variety of other value-added services around the core system such as programming directories and video disk recorders are also considered. Finally, we examine the possibility of redesigning the current analog video transmission architecture for cable TV around the SkyCast and Video Disk Recorder (VDR) services.
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